Heat, Bulls both seeking Game 2 improvement

Summary of 11 articles · Updated May 9, 2013

That is, until the Heat started embarrassing the Bulls, and the Bulls started embarrassing themselves for good measure. Aside from Robinson's performance, the Bulls player whom the Heat stars found themselves talking about most on Tuesday was Jimmy Butler… (more). From that Butler and-one to the 8:27 mark of the fourth quarter, the Heat outscored the Bulls 62-20 to put the game well beyond reach. With that win in place and the Heat’s ears most assuredly perked up, shouldn’t we expect the defending champs to return to form in Game 2? To startle the still-filling-in home crowd with a quick pounce and eventual blowout win? To destroy a Bulls team working without four former starters in Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich, Richard Hamilton, and Luol Deng? Sure. But with one of Chicago’s All-Stars looking on in street clothes , another in a hospital bed 1,400 miles away and another playing on one good foot , Chicago went with Robinson down the stretch in Monday night’s surprising 93-86 Game 1 win over Miami in the Eastern Conference semifinals – and it paid off.

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